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[Joost Schuttelaar]

Go C and forget about C++, I'd say.

Anyway, C is a lovely language, I think! Simple, tight and elegant.  
But then again, I went from Java to C and not from C to Java like  
most...

-- 

Joost Schuttelaar
The Hague, NL

On Dec 2, 2008, at 17:40 , Peter Korsten wrote:

> Andrew Robinson schreef:
>
>> Funny that we should get onto the subject of xylophones, I'm  
>> currently
>> trying to get to grips with the iPhone SDK and (for a nice easy first
>> app) write a simple xylophone - there isn't a free one, and I have
>> ideas for a nicer 'pro' paid version at minimum store price.
>> Unfortunately getting to grips with objective C isn't a quick process
>> for my aging mind, especially as all the tutorials all start of with
>> 'It's a lot like C++', which I don't know, all the C++ tutorials  
>> start
>> off with 'It's a lot like C', which I don't know.? What I actually
>> know are Basic, Actionscript, Z80 assember,  6502 assember, Ample and
>> a smattering of Pascal. Currently I'm learing C, then unlearning C  
>> and
>> learing C++ 'on the fly' then unlearning C++ and relearning Objective
>> C 'on the fly'.
>
> Oh dear, poor thing. :)
>
> Unless you have a clear requirement to learn C++, I'd stay away from  
> it.
> Even from C, perhaps. C++ is a rather complex language, and cryptic in
> an attempt to retain C source compatibility. C is not object-oriented,
> and could teach you the wrong approach.
>
> Trust Apple to use a language that nobody else still uses...
>
> - Peter
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